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Suspect shoots self in leg while stealing vehicle

It might seem easy to steal a vehicle that’s been left unlocked with the keys inside — but life’s lessons will prove just about anything can go awry.

That’s what happened early Wednesday morning, San Marcos Police say.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired at 3:28 am. At the corner of Hutchison and Moon streets, arriving to find two juveniles, one of whom had reportedly shot himself in the left leg with a sawed-off shotgun.

Police later determined that those two teens, along with a third that has not been located, had been stealing a 2011 Subaru Outback that was later reported stolen from the Local Downtown student housing apartment complex.

The injured suspect was taken to a hospital and police questioned the second.

The vehicle, described as silver with a block roof rack and the Texas license plate FLH9140 is still missing, as is the shotgun. It’s unknown if the juveniles brought the weapon with them, or if it was in the unsecured vehicle.

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating the vehicle. Anyone who sees it is urged to call 911.

Police are also using the occasion to remind residents to not leave vehicles unlocked nor with the keys in plain view.

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The inclusion of a Craddock Avenue extension through environmentally sensitive land in a presentation on the city's Transportation Master Plan at Tuesday's city council meeting raised questions.

The potential extension, that would extend Craddock to Lime Kiln Road and Interstate 35 on a route above Sink Creek, is listed as a conservation corridor in the thoroughfare plan.

There currently are only two routes that connect traffic between Interstate 35 and areas west now – Wonder World Drive and through downtown. The Craddock Avenue extension would divert the traffic that is moving through downtown to other areas, but could present some potential environmental issues.

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, or CAMPO, started a regional arterial study in the middle of last year and when it is finished, it could show potential alternatives to the Craddock extension that CAMPO would be interested in funding.

The council is set to vote on the Transportation Master Plan on June 5.

Yes, it would ease traffic downtown sooner.

No, it's an environmentally-sensitive area and the city should wait for CAMPO options.